About Our Instructors
Robin Weeks
Founder & PRE-School Lead
Robin Weeks was raised here in Wimberley, Texas. Growing up in the Texas Hill Country provided her experiences that helped develop her love of nature and the local environment. She moved to San Marcos to attend Texas State University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. Years of experience teaching in different school environments have shaped her educational principles and belief in the potential of every child.
Robin is enthusiastic about integrating two of her passions into one...nature and teaching with modern methods. She feels blessed and is excited to share her passions in hopes to foster a love of nature and love of learning in her students.
In her free time, you will probably find her in a river, camping or spending time with her family and their dog. She also enjoys spending time with her friends, traveling, and being creative in her home studio. Robin also helps support a family furniture making business, Gary Weeks & Co., run by her husband, Austin Weeks. Robin is the founder of her own craft/creative business, Spoke Hill.
Bela Weeks
PRE-School Lead
Bela Weeks grew up in Wimberley, Texas, and went on to study at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Having been around her mother, a lifelong educator and the school’s founder and head, Bela has spent much of her life immersed in the world of teaching and early childhood education. Her background gives her a unique perspective on the values and vision that shape the school community.
Outside of school, Bela enjoys her work in the family furniture business, Gary Weeks & Co., staying active, playing pickleball and exploring new places through travel. She is also crafty and creative, often finding joy in hands-on projects that let her imagination shine. Bela brings that same energy, curiosity, and love for creativity into her work with students, making her a warm and engaging presence in the classroom and the school community.
Willow Smith
Pre-School LEAD
Willow is a native Vermonter who found a love of Texas through her spouse and two young daughters.
A life long learner, adventurer and fine artist, Willow is always looking to discover engaging and beautiful ways to instill wonder and a sense of joy in the classroom.
With over 15 years experience as an early childhood educator, she brings steady patience and guidance, with a deeply held belief that children deserve our respect, curiosity and about all, love and kindness.
Vera Dyson
KinderGarten/FIRST LEAD
Vera Dyson settled in Wimberley, Texas to raise her two children over twenty years ago. Prior to that she spent a number of years in Europe practicing regenerative farming and later in Texas she landscaped using native plants.
She has nearly two decades of experience teaching children ages 2.5-6. Much of her teaching experience has been as the Lead Guide in a Montessori school. She’s also held several other teaching positions throughout her life and considers herself a lifelong educator and learner. She feels blessed to have had the opportunity to incorporate a nature based curriculum in her classroom.
One of the things she finds most joyful about teaching is instilling in the children a sense of awe and wonder about the world. In this way she can support their natural excitement for learning. Vera believes if we guide the children to loving our planet they will naturally want to take care of it. Above all Vera believes in the child; in their capacity to learn social/emotional skills, independence, kindness, as well as, academic skills.
Vera has also enjoyed teaching yoga and art to both children and adults. In her spare time you may find her practicing yoga on her back patio, drawing, hiking, or spending time in her garden. Now that her children are grown she is adjusting to the change in her family life by traveling more, writing comedy and creating floral designs.
Anne Vincent Kindergarten/FIRST LEAD
Anne was born and raised in South East Texas. She had the privilege of being born into a family that knew and loved wild places. Cypress, pine, blue heron, and sand bars on the Neches taught her a love of nature that would ultimately influence her path in life.
After graduating from college ( UT Austin) Anne went to work for Texas Parks and Wildlife at Pedernales Falls State Park, before her love for adventure led her to several seasons of whitewater guiding and search and rescue in Colorado. She then moved on to Americorps Rocky Mountain and an internship with the National Outdoor Leadership School where she worked on all aspects of backcountry expedition programming.
Anne is motivated to share the beauty and intricacy of natural systems, foster greater public understanding of our remaining wild places through responsible use, and share with a new generation the gifts of awareness, competency, leadership and risk management that are learned naturally through life outdoors.
Before joining the team at Tiny Tree Anne spent several years working for Earth Native Wilderness School where she taught wilderness and survival skills to adults and kids alike. She holds certifications in cultural and natural resource interpretation, guiding, is a leave no trace master educator, and is trained in swift water and technical rope rescue. Anne holds degrees in English and Anthropology from the University of Texas, and has a minor in Biology.
Anne also runs and teaches for LandWise Wilderness Skills Institute here in Wimberley. She and her husband Jed have two children- her daughter Farrah is a Tiny Tree student and we are truly grateful to be part of the community.